Oral history of reminiscences of ADM Pride.

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Oral history of reminiscences of ADM Pride.

Including early years in Somerville, MA and education at Tufts University; enlisted service in USN in WWI and commissioning as ensign; USS LANGLEY, 1922-24, 1932-34; USS SARATOGA, 1926, 1941-42; USS LEXINGTON, 1926-29; CO, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, 1929-32; Naval Air Station, 1934-36; Aeronautical Board, 1939-1941; CO, USS BELLEAU WOOD, 1943-44; CO US NAVAIR CNTR, Pearl Harbor, 1944; Carrier Division 6 and 4, 1946-47; CO, BUAER, 1947-51; CO, 7th Fleet, 1953-55; CO, Air Force PACFLT, 1956-59; CO, 7th Fleet, 1953-55; Retired, 1959.

1 v., 235 p.

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